THOUSANDS of pounds of tools and equipment have been reported stolen after 'brazen' thieves were said to have targeted two addresses in a Dorset village.

Officers from Cheshire Police’s Rural Crime Team headed to Runcorn yesterday, Friday, to search for the stolen gear valued at £15,000.

Officers from Avon and Somerset's Rural Affairs Unit ask that anyone with any information about the theft calls them on 101

Investigating officer PC Bowers, of the Rural Crime Taskforce, based at Cowley police station said: “We would like to appeal to anybody who recognises the men in these images to please get in touch as we believe they may have information in connection with this incident.

A quad biker was airlifted to hospital after being involved in a hit and run collision with a BMW.

A 50-year-old farmer who died in a tractor accident last week suffered crush injuries to his upper body, an inquest has heard.

The following incidents are still under investigation and we would like anyone to come forward if they have any information linked to these offences.

A warrant executed on an industrial estate in Preston this week found stolen parts from more than 70 agricultural vehicles valued at more than £1million.

Investigating officers have conducted house to house enquiries and are now asking anyone who witnessed suspicious activity in the area or has information on the whereabouts of the bike to get in contact.

Officers in Eden are advising farmers to consider security measures to deter the theft of machinery by criminals targeting rural communities.

The driver was not using a flashing amber beacon, despite driving slowly on a dual carriageway.

A senior rural cop has heaped praise on officers who detained a suspected car thief and recovered a stolen car that had travelled south after being stolen from a property in north Northumberland.

Jacob Grant Chambers, of Ashton Street, Easington Colliery, was said to be travelling from Borrowby flyover to Leake crossroads at Borrowby, near Thirsk, on February 18 this year when police officers from North Yorkshire Police attempted to stop the Mercedes he was travelling in.

A QUAD bike and petrol-powered tools were among several high value items stolen from a farm in Richmondshire.

Cambridgeshire Police were called to the car park in Needingworth, near St Ives, following reports of several dog bites.

Police are urging motorists to be vigilant following a spate of thefts from vehicles across rural West Sussex.

Chester Police and the Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team are investigating the theft of a backhoe loader, which they say has been potentially stolen from a construction site near the Ince area.

Resident Angela Boyd spotted the lorry whilst walking the dog and was "shocked" to see it "wedged" on a lane near Wellington, Somerset.

People living in villages including Weldon had reported an increase in nuisance bike and today (Thursday, April 21) officers from Corby’s neighbourhood policing team took an off-roader from a biker suspected of offences.

A man has died in a crash near Frome involving a motorbike and a tractor.

SEVERAL farmers have reported thefts of over £30,000 worth of equipment.

Thieves are targeting tractors amid a rise in theft of agricultural GPS systems in Warwickshire. Only last week in North Warwickshire, two tractors had their screens and aerials taken.

A lorry crash on the M18 has left a "massacre" of dead pigs scattered across the road.

Residents and farmers have expressed their concerns about off-road bikers who are damaging crops and riding dangerously in North Derbyshire.

Farmers in the East Riding of Yorkshire are being hit by thieves targeting valuable GPS systems on their machinery.

Police say the thefts has not only caused inconvenience to hospital staff, but has had 'a knock-on effect to the local community'.

A 'life-saving' piece of equipment has been stolen overnight from lifeguards at Porthmeor beach in St Ives.

The fire service was called to a field in the Milborne St Andrew area just after 3pm to reports of a tractor on fire.

The ranger at Blackmoor Reserve, in the Mendip Hills, spoke to the man but felt intimidated by his reaction.

The A596 towards Wigton, is currently closed following a serious road traffic collision. Police were called at 1:26pm today (12th April). The incident involved a tractor and Toyota.

The incident happened yesterday (Sunday 10 April 2022) at the Esso Garage on Lynn Road in Hillington between 1.40pm and 1.55pm.

Officers are appealing for information after approximately 160 litres of diesel, worth £300, was stolen from a truck.

A residential shed was accessed and a grey electric Gazelle bicycle and a Segway Ninebot electric scooter worth £4000 and £600 respectively were stolen from within.

Section 59 warning signs have been erected selected areas to notify potential offenders of the new powers and combat the antisocial behaviour which is often linked to them.

Michael Anthony Dunn, 44, of Roche Way, Bloxwich, has been charged with three counts of theft, a burglary (not a dwelling) and theft of a motor vehicle.

Police are currently investigating a series of thefts of GPS trackers across rural locations in Staffordshire.

Officers are appealing for information after tools, worth £1,000, were stolen from a van in Lower Penn.

A POLICE operation to crackdown on rural crime such as poaching and trespassing will see police use new tools against crooks.

Welshpool Police is enlisting the help of local residents in their fight to stop illegal off roaders churning up forest tracks.

Farmers using third party security companies to patrol their land is a "failure in policing" and "one step away from vigilantism," a Bedfordshire councillor has claimed.

Police are cautioning residents in rural areas in Aberdeenshire to lock up quad bikes and ATVs after several are stolen.

The farm machines are being broken into for GPS trackers fitted to the equipment. Staffordshire Police says more than £25,000 worth of devices have been reported stolen in the last 30 days.

Police are appealing for information following a number of thefts from rural properties in South Aberdeenshire.

Police have seized and crushed a Jeep in Stratford-upon-Avon. Officers from the Rural Crime Team were tipped off by a member of the public about the vehicle having been 'abandoned' in the middle of a field.

In the early hours of Thursday morning, a vehicle, stolen from Oldham, entered Rossendale and was pursued by officers into Haslingden, where it failed to stop on request.

Police have issued a warning to Land Rover owners in Surrey as they say thieves are likely to target Defenders. The four-wheel drive vehicles are reportedly 'highly desirable' to thieves.

The county's officers worked alongside officers from six other forces in one of North Yorkshire's biggest intensive operations against those who prey on countryside residents and businesses.

A criminal, with more than 80 offences to his name, successfully bought numerous pieces of expensive farm machinery at auction and failed to pay the thousands of pounds he bid for them. Derby Crown Court heard how Thomas Scott took tractors, a telehandler and a quad bike during his spree of offending, often selling them on.

Thefts of agricultural machinery and equipment - especially quad bikes - have ramped up as highly organised criminal gangs move to targeting rural areas with the lifting of Covid lockdown restrictions and a developing cost of living crisis.

The bike was removed from use and the rider was reported for driving other than accordance with a license and for no insurance.